Enter the room’s square footage, pick a flooring type — laminate, luxury vinyl plank, engineered or solid hardwood, tile, or carpet — add old-floor removal or subfloor prep if it needs it, and get a competitive 2026 price range in seconds. Then hand the customer a branded estimate before they call the next flooring contractor.
Flooring costs $3–$20 per square foot installed in 2026, depending on the material: laminate runs $3–$8, luxury vinyl plank $4–$12, engineered hardwood $6–$15, solid hardwood $8–$20, tile $7–$20, and carpet $3–$8 with pad. Tearing out and hauling the old floor adds $1–$3 per square foot and subfloor repair or leveling adds $1–$4, while large open-plan and commercial jobs price 10–20% lower per foot at scale. A typical 200 sq ft room lands around $800–$2,400 for luxury vinyl plank. The calculator below prices it instantly by square footage and material, and QuoteIQ turns the result into a sendable, branded estimate — or an online self-quote your customers run themselves. Plans start at $29.99/mo.
Flooring jobs are priced by the square foot: the floor area times a per-foot rate for the chosen material, plus add-ons for removal and prep. The formula: area × material rate × scale factor = base price. The material you install is the biggest lever — a budget laminate and a solid hardwood floor can differ by 4× or more per square foot — and the subfloor is the wildcard, because tearing out the old floor, repairing soft spots, and leveling all add cost before a single plank goes down. The calculator above uses the 2026 U.S. market ranges below; your material grade and local labor decide where you land inside each band.
| Material / add-on | Typical 2026 rate (per sq ft, installed) |
|---|---|
| Laminate | $3 – $8 |
| Luxury vinyl plank / LVT | $4 – $12 |
| Engineered hardwood | $6 – $15 |
| Solid hardwood | $8 – $20 |
| Tile – ceramic / porcelain | $7 – $20 |
| Carpet with pad | $3 – $8 |
| Old floor removal & haul-away (add-on) | $1 – $3 |
| Subfloor repair & leveling (add-on) | $1 – $4 |
Prep is the silent margin killer. Bidding a beautiful hardwood or tile floor over a subfloor that needs tear-out, soft-spot repair, or leveling — without pricing that work as its own line — is how a clean install turns into a break-even job. Quote the removal and the prep, or the demo day eats the profit.
Three factors move every quote beyond the material itself: subfloor condition (an old, uneven, or water-damaged subfloor needs repair and leveling before tile or planks will sit flat), removal (tearing out and hauling the existing floor adds $1–$3 per sq ft, more for glued-down tile or stapled carpet), and scale — large open-plan and commercial floors price 10–20% lower per square foot because mobilization, material, and crew costs spread across more area, which is why the calculator’s whole-home toggle applies a 15% reduction. For benchmarks on managing job costs and margins, the U.S. Small Business Administration is blunt: price from your costs, not your competitors’.
A $3,000 vinyl-plank job isn’t $3,000 in your pocket. Material, underlayment, trim and transitions, glue or fasteners, waste from cuts, equipment, labor, and the dumpster for the tear-out all come out first — and flooring margins live or die on prep time, waste factor, and material yield, not on any single quote. The SBA’s guidance on managing finances is blunt: track cost per job, not per month.
If the calendar is full but the bank account isn’t growing, the quotes weren’t the problem — under-priced removal, missed waste factor, and unbilled subfloor prep were. QuoteIQ Job Costing attaches material, labor, and prep time to every room so you see real margin per job, not a guess.
Flooring work is a trust game: the contractor who shows up with a clear, professional number usually wins the job. Inside QuoteIQ, the price you just calculated becomes a branded estimate sent from the job site, a slot on the schedule, and an invoice that collects card payment the day the last plank goes down — and customer self-quoting puts this same square-foot logic on your website so homeowners price their own rooms and book while you’re on another job.
Review Multiplier turns finished installs into Google reviews automatically — the social proof that sells the next floor. QuoteIQ serves flooring and remodeling pros among 50+ home service industries — and if you run other services too, try the free lawn care, pressure washing, and tree removal calculators, the detailing price list template, or browse all our free tools.
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Verified App Store ReviewFlooring costs $3–$20 per square foot installed in 2026, depending on the material: laminate runs $3–$8, luxury vinyl plank $4–$12, engineered hardwood $6–$15, solid hardwood $8–$20, tile $7–$20, and carpet $3–$8 with pad. A typical 200 sq ft room lands around $800–$2,400 for luxury vinyl plank, and prep — old-floor removal ($1–$3 per sq ft) or subfloor repair ($1–$4) — is the most common reason a quote climbs. Enter your square footage and material in the calculator above and the range updates instantly, then send it as a branded quote through QuoteIQ.
A 12×12 room is 144 square feet, so flooring it costs roughly $430–$2,880 installed in 2026 depending on the material. At 144 sq ft, laminate runs about $430–$1,150, luxury vinyl plank $575–$1,730, engineered hardwood $865–$2,160, solid hardwood $1,150–$2,880, tile $1,010–$2,880, and carpet $430–$1,150. Old-floor removal adds $1–$3 per sq ft and subfloor leveling adds $1–$4. Price your exact room in the calculator above.
Luxury vinyl plank (LVP) and LVT flooring costs $4–$12 per square foot installed in 2026, with most homeowners landing near $6–$8 once you add underlayment and trim. For a 300 sq ft living room that is about $1,200–$3,600. Click-lock LVP is the budget-friendly option and glue-down runs higher; either way it is waterproof, durable, and faster to install than tile or hardwood, which is why it is the most-requested floor in 2026. Price your square footage in the calculator above.
Hardwood flooring costs $6–$20 per square foot installed in 2026: engineered hardwood runs $6–$15 and solid hardwood $8–$20, with wide planks, exotic species, and custom patterns pushing the top of the range. For a 300 sq ft room, expect roughly $1,800–$6,000. Engineered hardwood costs less, handles humidity better, and installs faster, while solid hardwood can be sanded and refinished more times over its life. Compare both in the calculator above to price your square footage.
Laminate is usually the cheaper of the two: laminate costs $3–$8 per square foot installed while luxury vinyl plank costs $4–$12. The gap is small at the budget end, and the real decision is water resistance — vinyl plank is fully waterproof and better for kitchens, baths, and basements, while laminate handles high-traffic dry rooms well for less. Both click-lock systems install faster than hardwood or tile, which keeps labor down. Compare them side by side in the calculator.
Contractors price by the square foot: floor area times a per-foot rate for the chosen material, plus add-ons for removal and prep. The formula is area × material rate × a scale factor, with extras for old-floor removal ($1–$3 per sq ft) or subfloor repair and leveling ($1–$4). Large open-plan and commercial jobs price 10–20% lower per square foot because fixed costs spread across more area. If you are setting your own rates, build from your costs — material plus waste factor, underlayment, labor, insurance — then check against the market table on this page and track real margin per job with QuoteIQ Job Costing.
QuoteIQ is the best software for flooring and remodeling businesses because it runs the whole job from one app: customer self-quoting puts a square-foot price calculator on your website so leads book themselves, quotes send from the job site, jobs land on the schedule, invoices collect card payment when the last plank goes down, job costing tracks material and labor against every room, and Review Multiplier turns finished installs into Google reviews automatically — all rated 4.7 stars across 4,100+ reviews and serving flooring pros among 50+ home service industries. Plans start at $29.99/mo, below comparable Jobber and Housecall Pro tiers and a fraction of ServiceTitan. Book a free demo to see it on your own pricing.
Yes — the calculator on this page is free to use and works on any phone or tablet, which helps when you are quoting a floor standing in the customer’s living room. Enter the square footage, pick a material, add removal or prep if the room needs it, and get an instant range; the first time you download or print an estimate, enter your first name and email once and it is unlocked on this device for good. When you are ready to send branded quotes and collect payment, QuoteIQ offers a 14-day free trial on every plan, and a credit or debit card is required to start. Start a trial or keep using the calculator as often as you like.
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